EXPO-2020: Secretary General of the International Expositions Bureau Visits Ekaterinburg

EXPO-2020: Secretary General of the International Expositions Bureau Visits Ekaterinburg

17 March 2012

Vicente Loscertales, Secretary General of the International Expositions Bureau, is visiting Ekaterinburg on Saturday, March 17, 2012.

The visit of Vicente Loscertales to the Urals capital is directly connected with the application of Ekaterinburg as a candidate for hosting the World Universal Exhibition EXPO (World Expo) in 2020.

The important guest visited potential exhibition sites, met with Alexander Yakob, Head of Administration of Ekaterinburg and with the federal and regional authorities.

Vicente Loscertales had until that day never been to the Urals capital, and he was generally pleased with his visit to Ekaterinburg. As a result of the Saturday agenda, the BIE Secretary General had a ‘most pleasant impression’.